I'm not an activist; I don't look for controversy. I'm not a political person, but I'm a person with compassion. I care passionately about equal rights. I care about human rights. I care about animal rights.

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Please raise your children with love and non-judgement. Tell them everyone has the right to love who they want to love. It shouldn’t threaten you or who you are.

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Life is about balance. The good and the bad. The highs and the lows. The thing everyone should realize is that the key to happiness is being happy by yourself and for yourself. Happiness comes from within. You have the power to change your own mindset so that all the negative, horrible thoughts that try to invade your psyche are replaced with happy, positive, wonderful thoughts.

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Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values.

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I don't know what people are scared of...maybe they think their children will be influenced by gay marriage, but I've got to tell you, I was raised by two heterosexuals. Everywhere I looked - heterosexuals. And they did not influence me. It's time we love people for who they are and let them love who they want.

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Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others.

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The most important thing in your life is to live your life with integrity and to not give in to peer pressure to try to be something that you're not.

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The world is filled with negativity. I want people to watch me and think, “I feel good, and I’m going to make somebody else feel good today.

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Never follow anyone else's path, unless you're in the woods and you're lost.

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Beauty is about being comfortable in your own skin. It's about knowing and accepting who you are.

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